(12426) Racquetball Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1995 by AMOS at Haleakala.
Racquetball evolved from the Mayan Meso American ball game played throughout Central America from 2000 B.C. through 1500 A.D. Today the sport is played on a four-wall court by two to four players with a short racquet and a small rubber ball. John Africano, an AMOS team member, has a passion for playing the game.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Racquetball is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Racquetball is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12426 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 VL2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.88 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0715 |
| Inclination | 3.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.